ORI2300 Lower Limb and Spinal Orthotics Course description

This course is based on the clinical work processes covered in ORI1000, ORI1300 and ORI2200 and is the third of four courses iadressing clinical and technical competence in the field of prostethics and orthotics. Knowledge from the courses anatomy, pathology and biomechanics is also used. The course primarily focuses on ankle foot orthoses (AFO) and knee ankle foot orthoses (KAFO), but also covers knee hip orthoses, spinal orthoses, brace treatment for scoliosis and individually adapted seating products, and wheelchairs as part of rehabilitation for all relevant diagnosis groups.

The students participate in the interprofessional teaching programme INTER 1200 ‘Communication with Children, Young people and their Families’ (1.5 credits). INTER1200 focuses on communication and interaction with children, young people and their families, and on how interprofessional work needs to be coordinated to strengthen the provision of services to the individual child. As in INTER1100, the students receive training in cooperating with students from other programmes of professional study on topics relating to the everyday lives of children and young people.

Fagplanen tilhørende dette emnet er lagt på emne M5GMT1100 Matematikk, emne 1.

I dette emnet behandles ulike aspekter ved brøk, sammenheng mellom brøk, desimaltall og prosent og koblingen til proporsjonalitet grundig. Særlig viktig er arbeid med ulike representasjoner for brøk, resonneringsstrategier knyttet til brøk og forhold, og hvordan elever utvikler forståelse av proporsjonalitetsbegrepet. Videre arbeides det med ulike innfallsvinkler til algebra og med funksjonsbegrepet. Utvikling av matematisk språk og tenkning gjennom aktiviteter som fremmer resonnement, argumentasjon og begrunnelse er sentralt i emnet. I dette emnet behandles også perspektiver knyttet til analyse av elevers matematiske utvikling.

After completing the course and INTER1200, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence (INTER1200 addresses the learning outcomes marked with an asterisk (*)):

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge about the importance of appreciative communication with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians*
• can explain children and young people’s right to participation in decisions that concern them*
• can explain the importance of explorative approaches in cooperation with children and young people*
• can elaborate on the relationship between the anatomy, pathology, biomechanics and function of the lower limbs
• has knowledge of material technology and advanced use of composite materials, including joining different materials used in orthosis design
• can outline his/her knowledge of orthoses for children
• can explain functional and potential psychosocial consequences of disabilities
• can explain the structure of rehabilitation/habilitation services and the creation of individual plans

Skills

The student

• can carry out a conversation about everyday life with children and adolescents*
• can have appreciative communication with parents/guardians*
• can, with some supervision, prepare and reflect on orthopaedic follow-up plans for users in need of lower limb or spinal orthoses
• can carry out clinical functional analysis and relevant procedures for taking measurements, designing and customize lower limb and spinal orthoses
• can make critical assessments of biomechanical factors with a focus on ankle, knee and hip disabilities and link this to gait and orthosis design
• can assess biomechanical factors of importance to spinal orthoses and special seating
• can assess and propose measures relating to positioning in wheelchairs to prevent and treat pressure sores
• can use research articles and specialist literature to analyse topics relating to lower limb and spinal orthoses
• can prepare work descriptions and carry out technical processes applied in the production of lower limb and spinal orthoses

General competence

The student

• can reflect on their own role in explorative conversations with children, young people and their parent/guardians*
• can understand the importance of interprofessional cooperation with children, young people and their parents/guardians*
• can reflect on challenges associated with communication and interdisciplinary cooperation in relation to users in need of treatment with lower limb orthoses, spinal orthoses and/or special seating
• can document and communicate relevant clinical and biomechanical assessments in patient records and communicate such assessments orally
• can reflect on user perspectives, planning, implementation and the effect of treatment
• can reflect on the significance of motivating conversation when interacting with users

Se fagplanen.

Individuell muntlig eksamen på ca. 30 minutter.

Ny/utsatt eksamen

Ny/utsatt eksamen gjennomføres som ved ordinær eksamen.

Ingen.

Det benyttes to interne sensorer. En tilsynssensor er tilknyttet emnet, i henhold til retningslinjer for oppnevning og bruk av sensorer.

Utvidelser av tallområdet:

• Brøk, rasjonale tall, negative tall og irrasjonale tall
• Elevers utfordringer med utvidelsene av tallområdet

Begrunnelse, argumentasjon og bevis:

• Potensialet for arbeid med holdbar argumentasjon i grunnskolen
• Ulike bevis innen algebraisk tenkning og tallteori

Didaktiske temaer som behandles spesielt i dette emnet

• Undersøkende virksomhet
• Teorier om lærerkompetanse i matematikk
• Vurdering og kartlegging
• Vurdering av digitale læringsressurser for matematikk
• Diagnostisk undervisning
• Didaktisk planlegging

All the exams are assessed by an external and an internal examiner.

• 15 credits overlap with the course ORTO3100 Lower Limb and Spinal Orthoses.